A voyage of discovery to the Strait of Magellan
Subtitle: with an account of the manners and customs of the inhabitants; and of the natural productions of Patagonia; undertaken, by order of the King of Spain, by A. de Cordova
By: translated from the Spanish.
Contributors: Córdoba, Antonio de, ca. 1740-1811.; Alcalá-Galiano, Dionisio, 1760-1805.; Belmonte, Alejandro.; Neele & Son
Series: Voyages and travels ;; vol. II, no. 5
Publisher: Printed for Sir R. Phillips
Published: 1820
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 104
Subjects: Magellan, Strait of (Chile and Argentina) -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish.; Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- Description and travel.; Spain -- Exploring expeditions -- 18th century.; Patagonia (Argentina and Chile) -- Discovery and exploration -- 18th century.
Notes: The expedition was led by Antonio de Cordoba.
Compiled from the journals of Dionisio Alcalá Galiano and Alejandro Belmonte, lieutenants of Córdoba.
Attributed to J. Vargas y Ponce. Cf. Medina, Bibl. hisp.-chilena.
A translation of parts of the author's Relación del último viage al estrecho de Magallanes de la fragata de S. M. Santa Maria de la Cabeza en los años de 1785 y 1786; published anonymously in Madrid, 1788.
Portrait of Magellan "from an original painting at Toledo" and the map of Cordova's Voyage engraved by Neele & Son, 352 Strand.
"Published, Jany 15th, 1820 by R. Phillips & Co. Bridge Court Bridge Street, London."--Map.
Signature title: Voyages and travels, no. 5 of vol. II.